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Senator Haywood Speaks on Tragedy of Proposed Healthcare Bill

Sen. Haywood & Sec. Wetzel Summer Reading

Senator Haywood Officially Introduces Resolution to Name June “Gun Violence Awareness Month” in Pennslyvania

Harrisburg − June 20, 2017 − Officially introduced as SR 148, Senator Haywood’s resolution to recognize June as “Gun Violence Awareness” month in the commonwealth aims to bring continued understanding of, and spark legislative action against, the gun...

Senator Haywood Remarks on Senate Bill 1, Pension Bill

Senate Joint Hearing on the Proposed Agency Consolidation of the Departments of Health, Human Services, Aging, and Drug & Alcohol Programs

Haywood Announces Funding for Local Communities

HARRISBURG – May 11, 2017 – Senator Haywood today announced more than $380,000 in funding for Abington Township and Jenkintown Borough. The funds will go toward the operation and maintenance of traffic signals. “Traffic lights that work properly, and are where they...

Senator Art Haywood Releases Statement on Cheltenham High School Incidents

HARRISBURG – May 10, 2017 – Following a community meeting on the recent issues of violence and other unruly behavior at Cheltenham High School, Senator Art Haywood was joined by 30 citizens in a focused effort to provide mentorship and other guidance to students....

Senator Haywood Remarks from the PA Older Americans Month Kickoff

Senator Haywood Attends Mt Airy Day

Senator Haywood’s Town Hall Meeting at Truth Baptist Church

Senator Haywood Responds to Concerns Regarding a Medical Marijuana Dispensary in the 50th Ward

HARRISBURG – April 28, 2017 – Senator Haywood has released the below statement on the recent concerns expressed regarding the establishment of a medical marijuana dispensary within the district. The Philadelphia Tribune has background on the topic here: Though I had...

Sen Haywood Questions Senator Eichelberger on Defunding Planned Parenthood

Senator Haywood Remarks on Proposed State Budget

Peter Speaks, Deputy Secretary for Regulatory Programs

Senator Art Haywood, Dorothy Emanuel Rec Center Town Hall Meeting

Senator Haywood remarks on The Senate passed legislation providing $15 Million to the Department of Labor and Industry that will be used to re-hire unemployment call center workers

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Hearing with Senators Haywood and Dinniman

Haywood pushes for special prosecutor in police involved shootings

With images still fresh of the young Black males who died at the hands of police in Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y., and his own campaign pledge to affect change remaining a top mission, Philadelphia-based state Sen. Art Haywood announced this week that he’s...

Senator Art Haywood Announces $450,000 in Grants for Montgomery County Water and Sewer Projects

HARRISBURG – March 30, 2017 – Senator Art Haywood today announced $450,000 in grants for projects that focus on water and sewer infrastructure in Abington Township, Cheltenham Township and the Borough of Jenkintown. Each project will greatly enhance its municipality’s...

Senator Haywood floor remarks on Unemployment Compensation Bill

Elizabeth Randol, Judiciary Committee Testimony and Q & A with Senator Haywood

Lawmakers’ Plan Offers Middle Class Tax Cut, Ensures Wealthiest Pay ‘Fair Share’

HARRISBURG, March 22, 2017 — State Sens. Art Haywood and Vincent Hughes, along with the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, today announced a plan to generate additional revenue to address the commonwealth’s deficit by ensuring that the wealthiest Pennsylvanians...

Senator Haywood Alpha Kappa Alpha

Pennsylvania Report February 2017 :: 101st Pennsylvania Farm Show

Senator Art Haywood Sponsors Community Day

February 14, 2017 — Senator Art Haywood, in partnership with Chestnut Hill College, sponsored a Martin Luther King High School Community Day on the college campus on Saturday, February 11. More than 50 high school students visited Chestnut Hill, where they were...

Martin Luther King Community Day at Chestnut Hill College

Sen. Art Haywood :: 2017 Budget Reaction Interview

Senator Haywood Remarks on SB-10

Senator Haywood Comments on Governor’s Budget Address

HARRISBURG, February 7, 2017 — State Sen. Art Haywood issued the following statement today on the governor’s budget address for the 2017-18 Fiscal Year: "Following Governor Wolf’s address this morning on the Pennsylvania budget,...

Sen. Haywood comments at the Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting on SB3

Senator Haywood Asks You to Demand a Vote on Unemployment Crisis

Senator Haywood and Sec. Topper Remark at the Trailblazer’s Exhibit Unveiling at the State Capitol

Senator Haywood Delivers Letter to Senator Pat Toomey

Senator Haywood’s Statement on the Consolidation of Agencies

HARRISBURG, January 31, 2017 – Senator Art Haywood today released a statement on the recent proposal to consolidate agencies into one unified agency called the Department of Health and Human Services: Consolidation of the Departments of Health, Human Services,...

Senator Haywood Floor Remarks on President Trump’s Immigration Order

Senator Art Haywood Statement to Proposed Prison Closures

HARRISBURG, January 27, 2017 – Senator Art Haywood today released a statement on the recent announcement on closure of a Pennsylvania prison in the Pittsburgh area. “As I have stated repeatedly, the cost of mass incarceration in Pennsylvania is unsustainable, over $2...

It’s long past time for Senate Repubs to fix Pa’s unemployment mess: Art Haywood

Op-ed by Art Haywood

Last October, the Pennsylvania General Assembly failed to approve the money for the operation of the unemployment service centers.

Senator Art Haywood Response to Proposed Prison Closures

Senator Haywood Named as Member of Senate Appropriations Committee

HARRISBURG, January 20, 2017 – Senator Art Haywood was named today as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee. Mid-way through his first term, this will be Senator Haywood’s first session serving on the committee. “It’s an honor to be selected,”...